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Reader for Hire by Raymond Jean, translated by Adriana Hunter, novella set in France. Another short book from Peirene Press, a publisher who specialises in “Contemporary European Literature. Thought-provoking, well designed, short.” Marie-Constance has found a bit of a...
Her Hidden Life by V S Alexander, novel set in WW2 Germany. Published as The Taster in the USA. In the Author’s Note, V S Alexander describes how he was inspired to write this novel after reading an...
Ten great books set in Raj era India. One of the big TV dramas – many years ago now – was Jewel in the Crown, based on The Raj Quartet by Paul Scott. Watching this at an impressionable age,...
Rituals of the Dead: An Artefact Mystery by Jennifer S Alderson, novel set in the Netherlands and Papua New Guinea. Once again we join Zelda Richardson, who gave up her job as a multimedia developer at Microsoft, to relocate...
I’m Not Scared by Niccolò Ammaniti, novel set in Tuscany, in fictional Acqua Traverse, near Lucignano. Translated by Jonathan Hunt. This came highly recommended and has been sitting awhile waiting to be read. It is a slim volume, which...
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